pedro mendes arquitectos, lda.
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24. “between walls”, Europan 8, Funchal, Madeira |
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The project for Quinta do Falcăo is involved
on a investigation process that creates an intervention strategy called
PPCPJ. This process is based on the analysis of the particularities of the
site and its double isle condition. On the proposal for QF the challenge
is to recuperate the “natural” characteristics of the site and create a
medium density model that combines its countryside past with the new urban
vocation, through the application of
the PPCPJ system. The PPCPJ System is a concept without
specific site, with infinite dimensions and infinite architectural (program,
typology, formal, construction/material) responses. It can be applied on an evolutional concept, once their basic
elements have the capacity to structure the territory along many years or
phases of construction. On the proposal for QF this set
of principles explores the capacities
of 2 elements : the terrace and the wall. The terraces derive from the
observation of the rural fields settled on steep areas of the island.
The PPCPJ system can reuse existing
terraces or built new ones. The wall, an elementary spatial and
construction part is feasible about everywhere with local materials. The result, something close to an
unfinished book story, has infinite number of combinations and possibilities. 2005 europan 8 competition 1st prize |
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